CENTRE REVEALS 4 CRORE PEOPLE HAVEN'T TAKEN SINGLE DOSE OF COVID VACCINE -------------- #covid19vaccine - An estimated four crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken a single COVID-19 vaccine. On July 18, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday, July 22. A total of 1,78,38,52,566 vaccine doses (97.34 per cent) have been administered free of cost in Government Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs) till July 18, she said in a written reply. "As on July 18, an estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of Covid vaccine," she said in response to a question on the number and percentage of people who have not taken even a single dose. Precaution doses were available free of cost to healthcare workers (HCWs), frontline workers (FLWs) and all beneficiaries above 60 years of age from March 16 this year in government CVCs and for the 18-59 age group from April 10 in private CVCs.